Rapid and Untargeted Methods for Residues and Food Frauds

Dear Colleagues,

This Special Issue aims at collecting the most innovative rapid and untargeted methods recently developed to detect food frauds and residues of veterinary drugs. International food trade and the complexity of supply chains make the fight against food fraud a multifaceted and topical challenge today, for which new rapid tools to be applied in the field are demanded. Furthermore, authenticity testing through non-target (profiling/fingerprinting) methods can identify the entire profile or specific characteristics of a food sample to determine a so-called physical–chemical or specific molecular fingerprint.

 Among frauds, doping also represents an ongoing challenge due to the use of unauthorized substances or the use of substances authorized under community legislation for purposes or under conditions other than those laid down in community legislation that could release residue of drugs in meat, causing undesired adulteration. The preliminary screening stage is limited due to certain critical points such as the use of natural steroid hormones, synthetic molecules whose structure is not described yet or the use of low-dose cocktails. Innovative untargeted approaches, consisting in the investigation of the physiological effects induced as a consequence of illegal practices, are being developed to reveal biomarkers of exposure which are helpful for screening purposes.

Dr. Marzia Pezzolato
Prof. Dr. Elena Bozzetta
Guest Editors

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